Belfast electronic festival AVA is celebrating 10 years with a bumper lineup.
AVA returns to Titanic Slipways from May 31st to June 1st to mark 10 years of its festival with a big lineup this year.
Bicep will bring their experimental Chroma A/V show, part DJ set, part live show, accompanied by lights and visuals designed by David Rudnick.
And there are sets for Confidence Man, Nia Archives, Cromby, Barry Can’t Swim, Horsegirl, Helena Hauff, Kerri Chandler and more.
Announced so far for their decade year, is:
AVA Festival lineup 2024
- Bicep presents Chroma AV Set
- Nia Archives
- Barry Can’t Swim
- Kerri Chandler
- Horsegirl
- Sammy Virji
- Helena Hauff
- Confidence Man (DJ Set)
- DJ Gigola
- Flowdan + Neffa T
- MCR – T
- KI/KI
- LB aka Labat
- Narciss
- Effy X-Coast
- Sam Alfred
- Cromby
- Kessler
- Shampain
- Nick León
- Bitter Babe B2B Surusinghe
- Timmy Stewart B2B Marion Hawkes B2B Jordan
- Holly Lester
- Aika Mal
- Swoose
- Emby
- Reger
- Crilli DNB
- Inside Moves
- Plain Sailing
- Twitch
- Cian B2B DJ Rollies
- Hannah
- Ariah
- Body Clinic + many more
Tickets
Tickets for AVA’s 10th birthday are on sale now,.
Current weekend tickets prices start from £106 and are available Friday at 10 AM from avafestival.com
Deposit & Group Tickets are also available.
AVA will bring together an elite selection of friends and family, alongside many debuts for this milestone 10th edition. World-class duo BICEP will deliver their experimental CHROMA A/V set, a visionary performance that is part DJ set, part live show, accompanied by lights and visuals designed by David Rudnick that will stun the crowd. BICEP have been a part of AVA since day dot, so this will prove to be a very special show from them. Also on board is junglist producer x vocalist Nia Archives, who has been heading up the jungle revival in past years with her stellar productions and live performances.
AVA will bring together an elite selection of friends and family, alongside many debuts for this milestone 10th edition. World-class duo BICEP will deliver their experimental CHROMA A/V set, a visionary performance that is part DJ set, part live show, accompanied by lights and visuals designed by David Rudnick that will stun the crowd. BICEP have been a part of AVA since day dot, so this will prove to be a very special show from them. Also on board is junglist producer x vocalist Nia Archives, who has been heading up the jungle revival in past years with her stellar productions and live performances.
House king, techno pioneer and all-round innovator Kerri Chandler is set to touch down, bringing a blend of classic grooves and bangers to alight the spirits of the AVA crowd. Barry Can’t Swim makes his AVA debut, bringing warm, uplifting and bold house sounds to beautiful Belfast on the back of his mercurial trajectory and sold out tour. Packing in harder sonics, Helena Hauff will return to AVA for the third time with industrial techno that sits perfectly in the shipyard setting. Making their AVA debut, masked artist and viral sensation HORSEGIIRL will deliver a set flying from hard-dance to heavy techno, whilst UKG, bassline and grime fans can look forward to highly anticipated debuts from Sammy Virji, Flowdan and Neffa T.
Making their debut versus session Bogota’s Bitter Babe and London-based Melbournite Surusinghe will be heating things up at the titanic slipways – these two powerhouses are among the biggest breakthrough artists of 2023. For fans of faster sounds, MCR-T will bring a multidimensional set led by trap and ghetto house, whilst DJ Gigola and TraTraTrax affiliate Nick Léon will bring trance, breaks and Latin-infused electronica to Belfast. This is just the first announcement, more names will be revealed in the coming months. Boiler Room will make a return to AVA Festival, with more details of the line up and wider event to follow in the coming months.
AVA have always stayed true to their initial mission, providing a platform for Irish artists to showcase their talent to the world and share stages with internationally revered artists. At the heart of their programme for 2024, will be Irish talent ranging from headliners BICEP to celebrated MC EMBY, breaks master Kessler, and hometown heroes Cromby, Hammer, Holly Lester, Jordan Nocturne, Reger, Inside Moves and so many more. Many of these names have grown with AVA across the past 10 years, being part of the festival’s ongoing dedication to nurturing talent both on stage and behind the scenes.
‘AVA represents a lot more than electronic music, it represents a community, a movement that started in Belfast that grew globally, of open minded, creatively curious and adventurous souls uniting in a space where freedom of expression is encouraged. I’m proud of what it has become, and what it symbolises… this year will be special. See you at the docks!’ – Sarah McBriar, Founder, AVA Festival
EarthPercent – New Charity Partnership
Going forward, £1 of all AVA ticket purchases will be donated to our climate action partner EarthPercent charity no:1188391. Co-founded by Brian Eno, EarthPercent works with an expert panel of scientists, researchers and activists to identify and support some of the most impactful organisations addressing the climate and biodiversity emergency. For more information on EarthPercent visit www.earthpercent.or
